TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoyt, Edwin P. ;
TI  - Mussolini's empire : the rise and fall of the fascist vision
SN  - 0471591513
U1  - 945.091092 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - New York
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
KW  - Mussolini, Benito -- 1883-1945
KW  - Mussolini, Benito.
KW  - Heads of state -- Italy -- Biography.
KW  - Fascism -- Italy -- History.
KW  - Italy -- History -- 1914-1945.
KW  - Fascism.
KW  - Heads of state.
KW  - Italy
N1  - Includes Index; 1. The formative years. Boy of Predappio --
The young radical --
"Really, he was never a socialist." 
2. The fight to the top. Wars --
Fascism on the rise --
Italian crisis --
The march on Rome. 
3. The years of power. The fruits of victory --
The iron fist of fascism --
Dictatorship --
Italy joins the powers --
The new Italy --
Mussolini's women. 
4. Mussolini's empire. Defender of the peace --
Southward the course of empire --
The end of the triple entente --
Europe in chaos --
Italy and WWII --
Mussolini invades Greece. 
5. Decline. Mediterranean nightmare --
The end of Africa. 
6. Fall. The night fascism died --
The rescue --
The republic --
Revenge --
The republic collapses --
Finis
N2  - He was Il Duce, godfather of Italian fascism, a leader fired by grandiose imperial ambitions who drove his nation into an unwinnable war. Yet, as historian Edwin Hoyt reminds us, Benito Mussolini was once the most popular political figure in the world. Mahatma Gandhi called him "a superman" and "one of the great statesmen of all time." To Thomas Edison he was "the greatest genius of modern times." Heads of state
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